How to use Docker and Kubernetes to provision vSphere VM’s

Sometimes you feel like a container…. Sometimes you don’t…. So you are building that next killer app or just starting to migrate your apps to containers but you realized you’re just gonna need to provision a VM to complete the build process. Well you are in the right place. In Continue reading How to use Docker and Kubernetes to provision vSphere VM’s

PowerCli Invoke-VMScript Firewalld gotcha and workaroud

I have been working on a project for some time and ran into an issue where I was trying to run a shell script remotely on a Centos 7 VM and it just hangs. Turns out there is an issue with executing firewalld commands from PowerCLI using the invoke-VMscript commandlet. Continue reading PowerCli Invoke-VMScript Firewalld gotcha and workaroud

VMware Cloud on AWS Cisco ASA VPN Gotcha

So you just got your SDDC deployed and the VPN is connected and you can ping your on-prem hosts from the cloud SDDC but you are unable to connect to them via HTTP or HTTPS. Make sure you have opened firewall ports on in the VMware Cloud on AWS Portal. Continue reading VMware Cloud on AWS Cisco ASA VPN Gotcha

VMworld Europe Pro Tips and Tricks

We are just days away from VMworld’s 2018 Europe Conference in beautiful Barcelona Spain. This year will be my first year not attending the Europe conference in Barcelona but over the years I have learned a few things I want to share with all of you. I have actually been Continue reading VMworld Europe Pro Tips and Tricks

VMworld Vegas 2018 Pro Tips and Tricks

We’re back, VMworld is less than a week away. If you are a VMworld veteran or this is your first time, I think there is something in this guide for everyone. This is an update of my guides from 2016 and 2017 with some new exclusive deals Before you go: Continue reading VMworld Vegas 2018 Pro Tips and Tricks

Urge the FCC and Congress to support Net Neutrality

If you love this blog and use it often it is as risk of being extremely slow if the FCC and Congress over rule Net Neutrality. In simple terms abolishing net neutrality would give big service provider unfair control over what sites get bandwidth. This discourages innovation and crushes small Continue reading Urge the FCC and Congress to support Net Neutrality